The Sun. — London, England, 1838-07-28 00:00:00

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) PORTSMOUTH, JULY 27. I n Harbour — The Britannia, 120, flag-ship ; Victory, 104, Ordinary Guard Ship; Edinburgh, 74 ; Herald, 28 ; Royal George yacht ; Pan tat_ ° °n, 10; Waterwitch, 10 ; the cutters Seaflower and Cracker, and seiellers Fanny and Gossamer. tb2, B "in—The Hastings, 74, fitting for the reception of her Majesty, ueenln Dzager. yeR-- ot any vessel in Commissions. SPithead—The Pique, 36. rr co als.p ique gs, &c. during the Week.—On Saturday the 21st, the harb o for out of dock. On Monday, the Waterwitch, 10, came in ur, paying MI to On 1 ,, 0n Tuesday, the Pique went out of harbour. vvednesday, the Messenger, steam transport, arrived from the East." 4 .d . , ? and sailed on Thutsday for Plymouth. We have but little doing here, and scarcely a rumour afloat, save that a Change in the Admi ra l ty. Sh ould L ord 11Iinto intend to retire, °be hoped that the long talked of promotion for Masters and rsers will first appear, as his promotion of the other classes (notwith standin satisfaction ithe little bickerings to the contrary) has given very general in this neighbourhood. The new Navy List has at length aPP theeared , and a s it has been kept back from the Ist i ns t an t, t o enable l est t'IL etni ralty to compl e t e their arrangements, fears are entertained I few",he P o or Masters an d P ursers h ave b een forgotten by them. The ander.i n-Chief will strike his flag to.mor row , an d p rocee d on a ° aYs leave of absence. The Herald and Edinburgh will sail in the - U latt escl ayelle cf the coming week, the former for the East 10, Indies, and the or the Mediterranean. The Waterwitch, will be paid off on PRICE OF SUGAR. EFFECTS OTHE BOUNTY. LA T e: ble sh owing the ex duty p ri ce of West India Sugar In Mincing. and comparing the same against the price of foreign sugars : The London, July 28, 1838. _ „ a G azette this day quotes the average price of British Per cwt. ota tion Mus cova d o Sugar , exclusive of duty, at 3ls. 6id. s h as been no p ublic sale of Manilla Sugar during this Wee,. the price remains as last quoted. At auction this "a.Y bro wn and y e ll ow P ernam b uco M us covado Sugar cwtso at fr om 21s. 6d. to 235. per cwt., being Si. 6d. per teo. cheaper than British Plantation Sugar. ned Sugar, equal in quality to double refined, has been so ld this week (free on board) at 345. 6d. W hich shipping charges "ich sugar 9/d. p er cwt dearer only than the Muscovado . I r g i ar:frorn:which it is made. Ugh treacle is worth 9s. per cwt. in the foreign markets. The rihas been sold this week in London at 265. per cwt., being an excess ce . paid by the British consumer of 17s. per cwt. krt a i rn i aica Coffee has been sold at auction from 100 s. to 131 s. per cwt. (1 . 0 4 _ 1 at from 435. to 448. 6d. Havanua Coffee put up and taken in at erjua4ls. to 51s. per cwt. St. Domingo pe ree, of the average quality tit les Coffee, worth from 70s. to 71s. r cwt. LL OYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.' 4jEaL, JULY 27.—Wind W., fine.—Arrived and proceeded for the ti"Tr, the Hopewell, Harvey, from Jamaica. Came down from the y eri and remain, the Mermaid, Chapman, for Bombay ; Kitty, ttOa 'Non, for the South Seas ; Sovereign, Markham, for Quebec ; bfon. -'" P " , Ives, for - Cadiz ; Dew Drop, for Newfoundland: . o aTsmourn, JULY 27.—Wind N.N.W., fine. ki,:'" r motrrit JULY 27.—Wind N.W., fresh.—Arrived her Majesty's Hercule; from Ouebec. PsofoLTir cures, 26.—Wind S.W. to N.W., fresh breezes, with P p a :, 4 • --- -Arrived the Nonpareil, Allen, from . Smyrna. Arrived offport— f„,.!ry Queen, Bette, from Odessa. Speaktngs—The brig British Queen, t ,'"al Sicily for Falmouth, on the 30th ult., off Cape Trafalgar, by the 'airy Queen, LIVERPOOL, JULY 27.—Wind N.W,, fresh.—Arrived the Ann 411 dmin, from Valparaiso ; G ra tit u d e, White, from Barbadoes; 'i i t i b eona, Grant, from St. J o h n ' s, N ew Brunswick; Louisa, R r in grave, from Port Wallace ; R u b y, Amory, from Lisbon; William "non Gregory,from Oporto. The M argaret h a Johanna, Wallis, fo. to .Eh m' ore, put back dismast e d. S evera l inward vessels arc reported DOVE off this port in want of pil o t s, an d no pilot-boat on duty. b Rs JULY 27.—Arrived off port the Ascola, Webb, Charleston. I .alsToL, JULY 27 .—Arrived the Thomas and Eli za b et h , Herd, Dantzig Wfi t • achibTERAYEN, JULY 26.—A rr i ve d the Belle, Richardson, from uc to. The Brown, P o tt s, f rom Jamaica, put in here under nllnasts. Co„ JULY 2 5.—Arrived the Lady Bassett, Slugg, from Gibraltar; . (steatner), from L on d on. lt hci " l. ,, ROSE, JULY 23.—A rr i ve d t h e Monarch, Cramond, from Green - 4 is fish, 2,000 seals, 60 tuns. 1 4 2" , JULY 27 . —Arrived the William Darby, steamer, from Ham t,e.'ol:Annai Behrm an, f rom K i el ; Fortuna, Cordes, from Weimar ; gy4tel,n Loderberg, from do. ; Maria, Haberg, from Gefle ; Carl; Au- AL 4, fro m Cronstadt. N em ° kW, JULY 27.—Thel Moscow, from St. Potcrsburgh, reported bel o ,„ a Y as Passing by i n t ow o f f ou r smac k s, h as b een driven down Is' Al nwich ; the smack s a re still with h er . ‘Vt,,44'°aD, JULT 25.—Th e J a ne, of and from Li verpoo l , struck on the Western Crew Rock , but got offon the flood, and proceeded up Ch an.. 4p; 'he Was ob served to throw art i cles over b oard. A smack of about he r : l f ' s is on s h ore in Bull-slaughter Bay. The Olive, Lewis, arrived li),, r ") , London f or Li ver p oo l, with loss of foretop- mas t. I JULY 27.— Arrived the Rambler, Hutchinson, from Berbi ce. Dletc iy eß . `°°L, JULY 27. Arrived the Ha . nover. Bruce, from Trinidad ; Arr iv Alaberly, from iga ; and Diana, Dannelt, from Dantzic. "s' Port the Pennsy ß lvania, from New York. _ . l i e Itaria, Luders, from Wismar. is in the river, and on shore on C'ai4 „' e Point, and must discharge part of the cargo. T - Stamper Scurr, from Richebucto, is at A lutchaven, and aground " the Solithpß'ank. 413N LY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. ..i, Qin' (THIS DAY), TWELVE O'CLOCK. 1 4 -,,,,,he i5„„5.dra,,,,,,, , hi,. from New _York. of the 7th inttaot. ho LuterpoOl. No letters or papers as yet received. Tun FUNDS. In the course of yesterday some sales of Stock took place on account °I . the West India Compensation Fund, but not to any great extcut. towardsConsols, in the early part of the day, rather declined, but recovered the cIOSC of the market, and left off at 93k 94, both for Money .72(17the Account ; opened this morning at 93i 94. Exchequer Bills, ialdi4 prem.; India Bonds, 72 to 75 prem. ; Bank Stock, 206 to 207; a Stock, 264 i 265 i. k.SPrlish Active receded to 21i 1, owing to the report of Espartero aillaog resigned ; Portuguese, 34i 35; Three per Cents., 22i 23 ; Bra. Bang 801 i ; Mexican, 24 25 ; Dutch Two.and.a. Half, 544 55. Ila hk r , P.l OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. 6.06 4 1 , er ?toek ..... .. ... vie.% % i India 3•c eit. 3 Ger e t e "t• ate.. 7 .... ......114% % 1 thtt° Bonds ***"..".. 74 pm s 5 Per m t. c 0,,,, ......... , 3Fiii 4 % i South S., 8:-.ock ~,Ceni.„„, „ .. •- , Old Anuriiiits ........ ...... - . - haloe ' st'd • ... ..... ........ 102 1; I NOW Ditto ...............- 92; 1% ~,, . ................... - New '. 7 's oe , Cent . 101 1 4 4 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751..... irk ~ p er ~.. ............. 72 7 !' urn c hk 1,, Cent,,, ........„,„,. -- Exch. Bills, .£1,00 , :. 4:44. ‘PllAnnuitlestoexeit'e Ditto ..... ...........50i 72 74 ore. fit. ffr In) ............... 15 7-IRS Ditto Small c .. - - Pit'. fan, , iu.,:14, .......................... .. .. .. 1 . 5 5 1; 46 o Di a t t t p o A ‘ir . ciat . Advertised nm- .. Pm. 4,,,., o. 1860 Sark Stoc k for Account -- I"' S. 1866 ........ "*" "" " - San ' Stk for A.ccount,... s _ -- 4 2 an. 5 ~. 1,,, 1t142 - India °'e etN' r ," 70 ..... ........... .„., - Consols for Acconnt (.3% 4 linltrisi,' Ot k'OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLf,Ct. . /e;ift,,..l, )3 'oi:his ......... ~ -Peruvian Bonds ..... ..... ......... ...- Sento ii7 i". .--......- ..... .. - Ditto. Account -..... 64,i1i4,,ZOtuit .......... ..... . - P0rtugue.;e150mt5............. ....... 1,; 0" -to ..,...,-,011,-‘t:. ..... 80% I SO% Ditto I ‘t it c . , v , ..• u llo nt nd' 344 ' 114 ' A•7 ' . e 3 lion -- •-• ...... - D t ' ' °'; per cen• 22% qi ll k :Arccurt ° .... " ..... C o ' ' eetirt - 4.,_liit'' ootils:, ............ ' ..... -_ Ditto Account ' Ilc - nd; 'olti,,,Z,Account. .......... 7.: ............ - Russ' T ian Bonds, 1322 - Bit to "1 800d4., ...................... - Ditto Account .......- - )Itowsicocurit ..„ .............. - Ditto Metallic ......... - - ~, b itt; ~4,h Bonds, :824 ........ - Spanish Bonds - •.. hi m l it :count ••.•• - Ditto Account .......-- . • ii i 4 , 4- -% r. bitt e M3 • ...-......” 75% Ditto, Bonds, ISM. ° i ti t 1 1 0 - . e d ouAt" - - ........ ..... Ditto Account 21% -!tte'11r" ri......." :" -: ..... ........ - French, 5 per cent .... 2 1 1 . . ...„.. 4 1) 4ti 0 A h e n-. 1625 :,7,7, ...... ... - ----- 4 ?er cent -f -. t‘i,kT‘h,,lloe'ri)T's.ts' .... ;- .... ........ - ----. 3 per cent .. 54%; -f. -, Exchange l'ittZ`l.F-ectolt 1). 'l4.- Dutch, 21‘ per cent ),,lto "Der cent, ........ - Ditto Account - •,esis,-;:itteourit ....„7""*"." - , Ditto, ,; nper cent... ..... 102 i %IA - ritic . ii ... ,......... ... ......... Account ul SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Paid. Per Share U t ice bgittes e e r l,,l,can (issued at 2/. pm.) 21tore Isiew ............................ t Western Pl' ...................... tottf,ti'ton Itailw,'4ll.waY ConThan.Y... ° n and C r „ 4 "" :,P" Pee .... ic h NU, r and gi tallway Comp i73.9nd Nom Au!',?lnßharn coi(o'4lsi&rtrikAmeilticaatniti l i t: n ilway CI tinlttsterdam C CU' .... 9F EXCHA Ro tt N r .............. L F. 12 6% .................... . ........ 51‘ . • ..... 51.8. I:1 1:3% ... .... . ............ 18 la c , ............ 4,25 330 65 1 14 _ :3 Ms. f.? 5 . ................. 0 rank,T, ... . ...... ..... ........ . 26 0 i‘etErm,,,,nri Mame . Ex. M.. 10 0 )54 0 ruble 3 . 1.78 ........ ........... ... 7 :3 :trit,jea: ef feCii;e .......... 51. 10 15 ... 'ditto lO 16 1111b•*• ~ 1i ,34... 6 .. .... ................ 65 11 any 2O 7 )rpa»y l2 3 3 4 7D 9%6 74 _ . NGE YESTERDAY. r'ftwattar 4B ' f Aigherr 2 . .1 G'unoa 2d Milan 'll Venice at; Naples 39 Pain-roo per oz. 117 Lisbon 5.'3 ore: to 53 B R a ie hi J a aneiro ....... .......... ....... ? 24 8 Buenos Ayres . — New Yerk, 21 days' eight Philadelphia ~0 () 0 Portugal Gold, coin 1 17 ii PRICE OF BULLION, PER OZ . foreign Gold, i n h are New Doubloons New Dollars Silver, bare, .tandaid ' ,2‘ ) Ili% HALF-PAST 0 i Iratnburgh 'Mail has arrived of the date of Tuesday, the 2 4 th th e ta n 't• It b,i ,i„--"VA accounts from Frankfort-on.the-Oder, stating that . l , 4 her whi c h was held there on the 8 0th inst. had not gone offso favourab e ) :Was anticipated, especially for English Cotton goods, of which E the ply vas too large. Austrian Mett., Four per Cents., 101; a es, 1,439%. mckil:ibe. rebuilding of the town of Pesti), which was destroyed by the I lAC is going on with great activity. C counts fl•nin Ruremonde state that the Prussians have doubled their c'o,s,ttosina,euse line on the frontier, to prevent smuggling of colonial , against the German commercial league. , (•..(Inanis may be quoted at 934. for the Account ; for Money they are dank Stock 94 to -1- w tiank Stock ~,,,a ' 'x'bequer Bills "" 74 prem. • India Bonds, 74 i ; India, 2644. ' '' ' Spanish Active, heavy, 22 a4i ; Three per Cents, 221 Brazilian 80 % ; Dutch Two-an - - 1 with Coupons ; Portuguese also heavy, d a Half 54i i ; Five per Cents., 104 i ; Belgian, 104 -1. The Share Market he , received. heavy, Ne, American letters or papers as yet TH REE O'CLOCK. Co nsols for Ac count, 931. Some of our Contemporaries In mentioning the ch e . .. Yeller Spontini's forthcoming opera of Cro rect a as a s erni-serious opera in five acts. It i'nwell' describe it incor. '°karitic opera in four acts, embracing some tithe graonsd. historieal w e ld ; and, theem scene n t h e e r i o n s tir i ! a g i d o i n i.•ntland and Scotland, the composer, since his arrival in this cgountrv, I`.t4' been bestowing considerable attention on the character of our na. ;°,n.al Music. Spontini had the honour of being presented to the Queen ,7,14011 e levee last week, and was most graciously received by bee Majesty. .. has since accepted, in flattering terms, the dedication ef six hymn, Z.be„, ' cantatas, on the occasion of the Coronation, whiCh he had set to L"%ic and presented to her Majesty. These compositions were intended IToltPerformed during the coronation week'at the festival in West. hster Abbey, and one of the national titres ; but the composer did ar 'ive in time for the necessary rehearsals. It is generally nrider ii'ta°,o:.hi the musical world, that daring the next season the public will e a , " the musical of hearing some of the dramatic works of this great •..Peser, which have never yet been performed in England. 4 Atletter from Frankfort in the Eiberfeld journal, t .,:: . _ .I ti. nut of doubt that tlic. Herr —11) ,! ,:..,:c.:,:•1,:_-:1 .-,,, Tr,;' ' MeaSures for the settlement of the question of 1-hand ellla Bel --"Wli but wa i ~ the Proper moment for carrying this resolution into effeCt "Ot yet come." v HER MAJESTY'S STATE BALL. The following is the Court Newsman's account of the state ball, '‘ description of which appeared in our paper of yesterday : Her Majesty's state ball on Thursday evening, although not so numerously attended as the former balls, was yet a very brilliant as. semblage. The corps diplomatic and the principal nebility in town were present, The Queen's guard of the grenadier guards was on duty in the front lawn ; and the band of the regiment in the grand hall received the Royal Family with "God save the Queen," and also performed, In the early part of the night, selections from favourite operas. The yeoman of the guard lined the grand hail. The company danced in the ball-room and north yellkm drawing. room. Strauss's band being stationed in the former, and Weippart's band in the latter. The other saloons on the same floor were also opened, and brilliantly illuminated. The throne-room ww appropri ated for refreshments, and the supper was served in the dining-room. Their Royal Highnesses tile Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended by Miss Kerr and Baron Knesebeck, were received on their arrival by the Hon. Miss Cocks, Lady Caroline Barrington, Hon. Colonel Cavendish, and Colonel Buckley, who conducted their Royal Highnesses into the smaller ball room, where her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Hohenlohe, received her royal relatives. The Duke of Sussex came attended by Lord Jahn Churchill. Her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda, and their Serene Highnesses the Hereditary Prince of Nassau, Prince Maurice of Nassau, and the Prince of Furs. tenberg, were also present at the ball. Shortly before 11 o'clock her Majesty, preceded by the Officers of the household, and accompanied by the Royal Family, passed through the grand saloon where the general company were assembled, and en tered the ball room. Straws's band immediately played " God save the Queen." Her Majesty was attended by the Countess of Charelemont, Lady-in. waiting ; Hon. Miss Cocks and Hon. Miss Cavendish, Maids of Honour in waiting; Lady Caroline Barrington, Woman of the Bedchamber in waiting ; Marquis of fleadfort, Lord-in -waiting; Marquis of Conyng. ham, Lord Chamberlain; Earl of Belfast, Vice. Chamberlain ; Earl of Surrey, Treasurer of the Household ; Right Ron. S. Byng, Comptroller of the household; Hon. C. A. Murray, Master of the household; Hon. eolonel Cavendish, Clerk Marshal; Colonel Buckley, Equery in waiting; and Master Cavendish, Page of Honour in waiting. Directly after her Majesty's entrance a set was formed, and the Queen opened the ball with Prince George of Cambridge, in the quadrille " Riquiqui." This was followed by the new waltz, intitled " Hommage _ _ _ a la Reine de la Grande Bretagne," which was greatly admired, and was, by special desire, repeated. In the next dance (a quadrille) her Majesty danced with his Serene Highness the Hereditary Prince of Nassau. Her Majesty danced in every succeeding quadrille, and had for her partners in the several dances the following noblemen :—Prince Nicholas Estcrhazy, Lord T. Pelham Clinton, Prince Maurice of Nassau, Prince Schwarzenberg, the Australian Ambassador Extraordinary; Lord Boringdon, Prince Windisch Gratz, Lord Shelburne, Count Victor Zichy, and Count Erdody. The quadrilles most admired were "Le Bon Garcon,"" Versailles;" "Les Mohicans," " Parisina." The favourite waltzes were " Das leben ein Tanz," " Die Eisenbahnc ;" " Kettenbruckcn," " Tansend-apper ment," " Merkurs Flugel." In the other ball-room, where \Veippert's band was stationed, the most admired dances were a national galope with " God save the Queen" introduced; the quadrilles from " Norma," "Lucia di Lam mermoor," " Scaramuccia :" and the waltzes "Berlin," "Prague," " Moscow," and " Utrecht.'' Between the dances the Queen sat with the Royal Family and Foreign Ambassadresses under a canopy, which was lined with white satin richly and tastefully embroidered with silver, and decorated with les. toons of artificial flowers. The doors of the supper room were opened at one o'clock, and her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Hohenlohe, passed from the ball-room to the cross.table at the end of the supper room. The beaufet of gold and silver gilt plate beyond was much admired for the effect and bril liancy with which the numerous works of art in the precious metals were displayed. At the back were a number of gold sconces, several of the largest size, formerly belonging to his Majesty George IV.; they are adorned with medallions, and also contained the cypher of that Mo narch, with the motto " Dieu et mon Droit," surmounted by a crown. On the beaufet were vases (some of them copies of the Warwick vases), tankarks, and gold cups, and a number of shields of silver gilt, embel lished with basso.relievos, including a fine battle-piece, the " Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne," and one of " Mutius Suevola," who is repre sented holding his hand in the fire in the presence of Persenna, after having failed in his attempt on the life of that Monarch. Roman me dallions are introduced in the border of this shield. Some magnificent candeabra were placed on the beaufet. Her Majesty returned to the ball-room in half an hour. Dancing was resumed, and was maintained in both rooms till a quarter to four o'clock, when it ceased in the large ballroom. At the same time her Majesty led off' a country dance in the other ball-room with the Mar quis of Douglas (who wore the Highland national dress.) This dance was kept up with very great animation, and was prolonged until half. past four o'clock, when the ball concluded. It was five o'clock before all the company had quitted the Palace. Among those present were the Austrian and Russian Ambassadors, the French Ambassador and Countess Sebastiani, the Ne.cpolitan Am. bassador Extraordinary, G. Capece Galeota dei Duchei di Regina, Se cretary of the Embassy, the Russian Ambassador Extraordinary and Countess Stroganoff, Prince Kotcleubey, Count Alexis Stroganoff, the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary and Princess Schwarzenhert, Prince Windisch Gratz, Count Beldi, Count Erdody, Count Victor Zichv, Count Kinsky, the Netherlands Ambassador Extraordinary and the Baroness de Capelien, Count Bcntinck, Baron Van der Duyn, Baron Rengers de Warmenhuyzen, Baron de Tuyll, Baron Tindal, Prince de Putbus, Prussian Ambassador Extraordinary; Count Bernstorff, Count Hatzfeldt, Count de Pourtatis, Baron de Bergh, Baron de Saldern, Baron de Krassow, Baron de Schoenfeld!, Baron de Seydlitz, Baron de Brock. hausen ; Gen. Count Alteo, Hanoverian Ambassador Extraordinary, Captain Baron Alten, Baron Ompteda, and Captain Hay; the Sardinian Ambassador Extraordinary and the Marchioness de Brignoles, Count Elvernoz, Count de Brogsin, Marquis Durazzo ; Count de Lowenhiehn, Swedish Ambassador Extraordinary; Baron de Bonde, Baron de Wedel Jarlsberg ; the Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary and the Duchess de Palmella ; Chevalier sic Sa Nogueira (Secretary), Marquis of Fayal, Baron and Baroness de Lagos, Chevalier and Madame de Sampayo, Chevalier Brendan, Lieutenant Brandao; Marshal Soult, French Ambassador Extraordinary ; Count de Choiseul Pm:l.., DIME ae VlCeneo,--C,d,z171 tfaudet, Baron de Firren. Marquis de Bassein), Count de Tournon ; the Prussian and Belgian Ministers, the Danish Minister and Baroness Biome, the Bavarian Minister and taroness Cetto, the Netherlands Minister, the American Minister and Mts. Stevenson, the Spanish Minister, the Grecian Minister and Princess Soutzo, the Saxon Minister ; Chevalier Rebell() de Car valho, Portuguese Charge d'Affaires; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Baron de Moncorvo, John Van Buren, son of the President of the United States ; Count and Countess Zavadowsky, Count Se:aft, Baron Porbeck, Baron Marschall Bieberstcin, Baron Otto van Uckermann, Baron de Bourqueney, First Secretary of the French Embassy; M. de Kieseeleff, Councillor of the Russian Embassy; Baron Werther, Secretary of the ' Prussian Legation; Baron Bentinck, Secretary of the Netherlands Lega tion ; Mr. Rush, Secretary, and Mr. Richard Vaux, Private Secretary to the American Legation; Count de Romree, Attache to the Belgian Le. gation ; Baron Bertotich, Attache to the Danish Legation ; Chevalier de Paiva Pereira, Attache to the Portuguese Legation ; M. de Bivar, At tache to the Brazilian Lega4ion ; M. Negrete, Attache to the Mexican Legation; Chevalier d'Odelga, Baron Lehzeltern, Chevalier Munoz, Count Rohan, Madlle. Soutzo, Baroness Lehzen, Count Flahaut, Mr. de Bergh, and the following Dumas—Dorset, Buccleuch, Roxburghe, Newcastle, Richmond, Wel. lington, Devonshire, Norfolk, Somerset, Leinster, Sutherland. Duchesses—Dowager Richmond, Bedford, Buccleuch, Roxburghe, Somerset, Richmond, Leinster, Northumberland, Sutherland. Maeouises—Douglas, Winchester, Abercorn, Conyngham, Huntley, Clanricarde, Londonderry, Tweeddale, Headfort, Salisbury, Downshire. MARCHIONESSES—Abercorn, Westminster, Clanricarde, Dowager Con)ngham, Salisbury, Downshire, Tavistock, Londonderry. EARLS—Norbury, Tankerville, Lichfield, Liverpool, Bandon. Love lace, Munster, Charleville, Surrey, Craven, Ilchester, Devon, Coventry, Fingall, Gosford, Carlisle, Warwick, Delawarr, Sheffield, Grosvenor, Clanwillians, Eldon, Uxbridge, Clare, Cardigan, Grey, Haddington, Al. bernarle, Wilton, De Grey, Darlington, Cowper, March, Mansfield, Shelburne, Jersey, Morley, Aboyne, Belfast. Counrxssys—Tankervillc, Lichfield, Norbury, Chesterfield, Love. lace, Cadogan, Charleville, Surrey, Craven, Fingal!, Carlisle, Rosebery, Delawarr, Grosvenor, Clanwilliam, Stanhope, Grey, Albemarle, Mun. ster, Wilton, De Grey, Haddington, Dowager Ilchester, Manvers, Cow. per, Jersey, Morley, Verulam, Charlemont, Camperdown, Aboyne, Shef. field, Eldon, Uxbridge. VlSCOUNTS—Bcresiord, Barrington, Loftus, Canning, Clive, Strang. ford, Duncan, Deerhurst, Palmerston, Torrington, Powerscourt, Mahon. VISCOMiTESSES—Beresford, Barrington, Canning, Falkland, Clive, Dowager Dillon, Deerhisrst, Powerscourt, Fcrbes, Mahon. LORDS—William Lennox, John Churchill, Francis Gordon, Byron, eGardner, Ossulston, Glenelg, Suffield, Dinorben, Sudeley, Worsley, Foley, Alfred Paget, Lilford, Forester, Cantilupe, Ernest Bruce, Eliot, Saye and Sele, Ruthven, James Stewart, C. Fitzroy, Oranmore, Ashley, Blunket, Pelham. Clinton, Leveson, Staverdale, Maidstone, G. Somerset, George Paget, Hill, Frederick Gordon, Ducie, Belhaven, Ingestre, Wrottesley, Jocelyn, Hatherton, Seymour, Wharncliffe, Marcus Hill, Montagu, Macdonald, Ellenborough, Pottimore, Borringdon, William Bentinck•, Eastnor, Robert Grosvenor, Grimston, Ebrington, Burg.. hersh, Howden, Templetown, Willoughby, Skermersdale, Cowley. LADlES—Cecilia Underwood, Francis Gordon, Augusta Gordon, Louisa Jenkinson, H. Bernard, Catherine Buckley, Augusta Cadogan, Honoria Cadogan, Quintin, Lilford, Worsley, Mary Pierrepont, Strat. ford Canning, Wheatley, Catherine Cavendish, Antrobus, Johnston, Dowager Rivers, Shelley, Ernest Bruce, Ann Primrose, Hill (2), How ard de Walden, Chas. Somerset, Eliz. Gore, Emily Gore, M.' Stopford, Dynevor, H. Paget, Ruthven, J. Stuart, Charlcs Fitzroy, W. Stanhope, Otway, Georgina Grey, Russell, C. St. Maur, Rendlesham, Vivian, Ashley, Fanny Cowper, Pelham Clinton (2), Peel, Granville Somer. set, Pechell, Arrabella Arden, Fitzpatrick (2), C. Lindsay, Anson, Wharncliffe, Caroline Lascelles, Belhaven, Ingestre, Harriet Bagot, Dowager Asbburnham, Doraville, Wrottesley, Louisa Tighe, Somer. set, Hatherton, Seymour, Graham, Marcus, Hill, C. Gordon, Len nox, Caroline Wood, s 'ttenham, Laura Meyrick, Cust, Paget, Mary Stephenson, William Bentinck, Stuart de Rothsay, Stratheden, How. ard, M. Grimston, Flora Hastings, Caroline Barrington, E. Duncan, Burghersh, Denman, West, Theodosia Spring Rice, Howden, Caroline Stanhope, John Russell, Willoughby, Gardiner, Skelmersdale, Cowley, Elenora Paget. RIGHT HONOURABLES—George S. Byng, Sir J. Hobhouse, H. L. Corry, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir R. Peel, Sir J. Graham, J. W. Croker, T. Spring Rice, Sir H. Parnell, Sir C. Begot, Sir R. Gorden, F. Lewis, Sir C. Vaughan, Sir J. Johnston, George Dawson. HONOURIBLES—Mrs. Cavendish, Charles Gore, Miss Forester, George Byron, Misses Foley (2), W. Temple, Cecil Forester, M.P., Mrs. Corry, Sidney Herbert, M.P., Mrs. Stanley, Miss Wrottesley, C. C. Cavendish, M.P., Captain G. Campbell, R.N., C. A. Murray, Miss Denman, Lady Lumley, Mr. Dundas, Mrs. G. Anson, Captain Grey, R.N., Misses Plunket (2), Miss Smyth, J. Ponsonby, Miss Littleton, Spencer Cowper, Mr. Ashley, Mrs. Ashlsy, Mrs. George Campbell, Major Keppel, Miss Stuart, Fox Strangways, Miss Cocks, Miss Cavendish, William Cowper, Mrs. Abercromby. Miss Willoughby, Miss Pitt, General Upton, Miss Wellesley. SlRS—Charles Metcalf, G.C.8., E. Lytton Bulwer, Bart., George Sey mour, George Quentin, NV. Somervil!c, Edward Cust, B. Stephenson, John Campbell, Robert Gardiner, Edmund Antrobus, John Shelley. MESSIEURS—G. E. Anson, Martens, Stephen Spring Rice, Strangways, Stanley, Denison, Tighe, R. Steuart, M.P., E. G. Stanley, M.P., Banner man, M.P., Spearman, Stephenson, Irby, Bich, M.P., V. Smith, George Byng, M.P„ Shiffner, E Paget, Norman Macdonald. MISTRESSES—Dawson, Dawson Darner, D'Oyley, Gore, Anson, Ca. vendish, Bannerman, Spearman, Byng, B. Paget. MISSES—Kerr, Cavendish, Otway, Peel, Quentin, Anson (2), Baget (2), Domvile (2), Wood, Stephenson (2), Wheatley (2), Paget (2), Cod. rington, Spring Rice, Percy (2), Antrobus (2), Long Wellesley, D'Este, Seymour, Shelley. ADMIRALS—Sir Robert Otway, Sir E. Codrington. GENERALS—HOO. Sir Wm. Lumley, Sir Henry Wheatley, D'Oyley, Sir H. Vivian, Sir K Paget. COLONELS—Sir Samuel G. Higgins, Armstrong, Caradoc, Arden, Anson, de Roe, Fox, Buckley, Greenwood. CAPTAINS — MeyrIeII, R.N., Seymour, Rolls, R.N., Wood. LlE UTENANTS—Mayllard.Seymour, Redley, Cavendish. At the Queen's state ball at the new palace, on the 19th June, her Majesty danced in quadrilles with Prince George of Cambridge, Prince of Holstein, Count Barnsdorfl, Lord Jocelyn, Earl Cowper, Prince Maurice of Nassau, Baron Gersdcrff, Lord Villi ers , th e M arq uis of C ue la w nricarde, Count Kinsky, and Prince Furstenherg ; and in the last dance, a country dance, Wt!, Ir;sc,unt Torrior,tr , ” he , 1 t t,O c:t:tut'!;. ~, :I, at Chi, palace, to give au di ehee to t o e tbb ng, hwi Foreign Ambassadors and their Ladies, to tak e l eave :— C ount Stroganoff; the Russian Ambassador xtraordinary ; Prince Schwarzenberg a the Austrian Ambassador Ex. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1838 itraordiriary; Baron de Capellen, Netherlands Ambassador Extraordi. nary ; Prince de Putbus, Prussian Ambassador Extraordinary; General Count Alien, Hanoverian Ambassador Extraordinary ; Marquis de Brignole, Sardinian Ambassador Extraordinary; Count de Lowenhielm, Swedish Ambassador Extraordinary ; Duke de Paimella, Portuguese Ambassador Extraordinary; Marshal Soult, Duc de Dalmatia, French Ambassador Extraordinary. Their Excellencies were respectively introduced by Viscount Palmer ston, her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and connected by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. The following Ambassadresses had afterwards separate audiences of the Queen in th e R oya l Cl oset, i n t ro d uce d by Viscount Palmerston, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester :—Countess Stroganoff; Russian Ambas. sadress ; Princess S c h warzen b er g, Austrian Ambassadress; Baroness d e Capcllen, Netherlands Ambassadress; Marchioness de Brignole, Sardi nian Ambassadress ; Duchess de Palmslla, Portuguese Ambassadress. Her Majesty, attended by the Countess of Charlemont, afterwards entered the yellow drawing room, where the Noblemen and Gentlemen attached to the several embassies were presented to her Majesty, on taking leave. The Russian Ambassador presented Count Alexis Stroganoff. The Austrian Ambassador presented Prince de Windisch Gratz, Count Erdody, and two other Noblemen. The Netherlands Ambassador presented Count Bentinck, Baron von der Duyn, Baron Rengers de Warmenhuyzen, Baron de Tu)11, Baron Tindal. The Prussian Ambassador presented Count de Bernstorir and three other Noblethen. The Hanoverian Ambassador presented Captain Baron Alten, Baron Ompteda, and Captain Hay. The Sardinian Ambassador presented Count Elvernoz, Count de Brogsin, Marquis Durazzo. The Swedish Ambassador presented Baron de Bondo, Baron de Wedel Jarslberg, and two other noblemen. The Portuguese Ambassador presented the Chevalier Sa Negueira (secretary), Marquis of Fayal; Caron de Lagos, Chevalier Sampayo, and Chevalier Brandao. All these gentlemen took leave of her Majesty, except the Baron de Lagos, who remains as an attache to the Legation resident in this country. The French Ambassador presented the Marquis of Dalmatia, Marquis of Mornay, and six other gentlemen. Her Majesty was attended by the Marquis of Headfort, Lord in Waiting, Hon William Cowper, Groom in Waiting, and Col. Buckley, Equerry in Waiting. Count and Countess Stroganoff, Prince and Princess Schwarzenberg, Prince de Putbus, Marquis and Marchioness de Brignole, Count de Lowenhielm, and Marshal Soult, accompanied by Sir Robert Chester, and attended by their respective suites, visited the Duchess of Kent to take leave of her Royal Highness. Her Majesty, accompanied by the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Hohenlohe, took an airing in the Regent's-park yesterday afternoon in an open barouche, drawn by four grays. - Viscount Melbourne had an audience yesterday of her Majesty. The following joined the Royal circle at dinner last evening :—The Earl of Liverpool and Lady Louisa Jenkinson, the Earl of Ilchester and Lady C. Strangways, Earl and Countess Cowper, Earl of Belfast, Vis count Palmerston, Lord Byron, and the Hon. Colonel Cavendish. The Duke of Beaufort and Sir Charles Grey had interviews with Lord John Russell yesterday, at the Home-office. Messrs. Austin and Gordon had interviews with Lord Glenelg yester• day, at the Colonial-office. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Sawbridge, Esq., at Marshall Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish. square ; Mr. and Mrs. G. Warde, at ditto, from Maidenhead ; C. John. stone, Esq , Mrs. Johnstone, and Master Johnstone, at ditto, from their seat, Hertfordshire; Tyson, Esq., at ditto, from Norfolk; Earl and Countess of Carnarvon, and Lord Porcbester, at Long's Hotel, Clifton. street ; Lord George O'Brien, at ditto; Hon. Admiral Aylmer, at ditto ; Sir David Scott, Bart., and Lady Scott, at ditto; Sir William and Lady Hargood, at ditto ; Mrs. General Crawford, and Miss Crawford, at ditto ; Mr. M. Scott and the Misses Scott, at ditto ; Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Capper, at ditto; Mrs. Worsley and the Misses Worsley, at ditto ; Mrs. and the Misses Campbell, at ditto ; Mrs. Dagley and family, at ditto ; Captain and Mrs. Holbrook, at ditto; Mr. and Mrs. F. Jerningharn, at ditto; Dynely Prince, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES. The Marquis Miraflores and suite, from Mivart's Hotel, for Madrid ; Lord Maidstone, for the seat of his father, Lord Win chilsea, Eastwell Park, Kent ; Lord Strangford, from Harley street, for his seat, Ashford House, near Maidstone; Earl and Countess of Cavan, from Grosvenor-place, for Eagleherat House, New Forest, Hants; Sir Henry and Lady Houghton, from Thomas's Hotel, for their seat, Bold Hall, Lancashire ; Lord George Seymour and Viscountess Boyle, on a visit to Sir George and Lady Seymour, at the British Embassy, Brussels; Sir Philip and Lady Egerton, from Park. street, for Cheshire ; Sir Wilmot and Lady Horton, for Brighton ; Sir John and Lady Trevelyan and family, from Thomas's Hotel, for their seat Nettlecombe, Somersetshire ; countess Ashbrook and the Hon. Miss Flower, from Piccadilly, for Fern Hill, Windsor; Sir Charles Metcalfe, Bart., from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for Fern Hill, Windsor; Captain Mathew, M.P., Mrs. G. Mathew, and family, on a tour in Switzerland, and to attend his Imperial Majesty's Coronation at Milan; S. T. Cuthbert, Esq., and Mrs. Cuthbert, from Marshall Thornp. son's Hotel, Cavenuish.square, for Oxford; Mr. Murray and Lady Murray, from ditto for Scotland; Mr. and Mrs. Kirkaldy and Miss Crowe, from ditto, for the Continent; Mr. and Mrs. Myers, from ditto, for their scat, Surrey ; Col. and Mrs. Drake, from ditto, for Oxford. shire; Mr. Mosely, from ditto. ENGLISH OPERA HOUSE. Last night a new and broad farce, called M.P , for the Rotten Borough, was produced here, and met with the most unequivocal success. Its dialogue is sprightly and abounding with puns, which were keenly relished by the audience. The plot, if such it can be calved, is some what improbable; but as farces are not restricted to prcbahilities, this, like many which have preceded it, may pass muster on that score. The following is a brief outline of the plot :—An election for Gooseborough is just going to take place, and Niceman (Brindal), is about to walk quietly over the course, when Schemer (W. Ben. nett), " with a view to a railroad," and to obtain a handsome corn. pensation for certain meadow land which he possesses, gets up an oppo_ sition, naturally supposing that should Niceman, who is represented as having" his own views," be elected, his garden would obtain the prefer. ence. To prevent his election, therefore, he promises the hand of his daughter to Frank Stubbs, who engages Jerry Chance (Compton), in the character of Doborough, to come forward as a candidate, which he does, and is sucessful ; Niceman, though previously promised every vote, being driven from the geld. The hubbub of an election was represented with much spirit, and the whole passed off unanimously to the entire satis faction of the house, which was a full one. The characters afforded no very peculiar scope for the performers, but all exerted themselves to give effect to their respective parts, Mr. Compton's was the most prominent, and next Mr. W. Bennett's and Mr. Brindal's. Miss Poole played Peggy Rumble, and appeared afterwards as the "tiger" of Doborough. At the end of the piece Mr. Baker, the stage.manager, in a neat speech, to the following efleet, gave it out for repetition amidst undivided ap plause : " Ladiei and Gentlemen,—l am deputed speaker on the present occa. eon. The show of hands is decidedly in favour of the new candidate. A strict scrutiny has taken place here--(Pointing to Me curtain)—and he is declared duly elected ; which election, if confirmed by you, will enable him to take his seat in this house, during the remainder of our brief session; and, he trusts, to the satisfaction of you, his kind con. stituents." The Duke of Wellington's grand dinner to-day at Apsley House, will be given to a party of 46 distinguished personages. All the Envoys Extraordinary who are still in town, the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, Earl and Countess of Jersey, Lord and Lady Mahon, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, have received invitations for the banquet, which will be the last for the present season ; the illustrious Duke intending, we believe, to depart shortly on a Continental tour. His Grace, we understand, with a small suite, intends to visit the waters of Ba len-Baden and Tuplitz. Prince Putbus and Count Alten, with their suites, take their departure for Hamburg this morning in the General Steam Navigation Company's steam ship Neptune. The Duke and Duchess of Somerset proceed in a fortnight to Leamington Spa, and subsequently to Stover House, Torquay - - DOVER, FRlDAY.—Arrived from London his Ex cellency the Marquis de Miraflore3 and Suite, on his return to Spain from his Embassy Extraordinary. The party embarked in the Wellington steamer for Boulogne under the usual salute from the Western Heights. -„ --- ARRIVALS AT LONG'S HOTEL, CLIFTON.-'1 Ile Earl and Countess of Carnarvon and Lord Porchester, Lord George O'Brien, Hon. Admiral Aylmer, Sir David and Lady Scott, Sir William and Lady Bargood, Mrs. General Crawford and Miss Crawford, the Misses Scott and Mr. M. Scott, Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Capper, Mrs. Worsley and the Misses Worsley, Mrs. and Misses Campbell, Mrs. Doyly and family, Captain and Mrs. Holbrook, Mr. and Mrs. F. Jerningham, and Dynely Prince, Esq. The enormous revenue of the Church of England, it must be admitted, furnishes an admirable provision for the sons of the Aristocracy, who require no other qualifications but to read and write, to perform its most important functions; and, as a very large portion of the community dissent from the established religion, and are dissa tisfied with its oppressive bearing upon them, it is impossible but the subject of a State religion must, before many sessions of Parliament, undergo a serious discussion. We know of no work which enters so fully, and treats the subject so ably, as a work entitled " Union of Church and State unscriptural and indefensible," written by the Rev. W. Thorne of Winchester, no which more deserves the attentive perusal of all classes of her Majesri's subjects. Her Majesty's steam vessel Messenger arrived here (Dover) on the night of the 23d, with the depot of the 27th, or Ennis killen Regiment, from Chatham; they were disembarked and went to the Castle. The depot of the 69th Regiment from the Castle yesterday embarked on board the Messenger, which sailed at six o'clock last night for Cork—Kentish Observer. The Earl of Listowel is still confined to his house in Belgrave.square by inflammation of the eyes, from which he has been suffering since the commencement of the season, MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—On Thursday, at Upper Gore House, a dejeuner a la jourchette was given to eighty per. sons by the Dowager Viscountess Dillon in a marquee on the beautiful pleasure grounds. This entertainment was given on the occasion of the marriage of the Hon. Miss Dillon, one of the maids of honour to her Majesty, with Mr. Hamilton, the eldest son of William Hamilton, Esq., late Minister at the Court of Naples. The ceremony took place 1- at St. Margaret's Church, Westminst e r, on Th urs d a y a t no on. The i following distinguished persons were present :—Lord and Lady a. warden and Miss Maude, Lord Oranmore, Lady and Miss Antrobus, Lady Frederick and Miss Beauclerk, Mr. and lion. Mrs. Stanley, &C. The happy pair left town for Ditchley Park, Oxon, where they intend to pass the limey-moon. Before the close of the last sessions at the Old Bailey the Chairman of the Grand Jury stated to the Court, by the una nimous wish of his brother jurors, that they considered the public were under great obligation to the metropolitan police force, for their success in detecting and preventing robberies, and the general zeal and intelli gence they had displayed in their duties ; also that they deserved the highest praise for the distinct and proper manna in which they had given their evidence before the Grand Jury. GEORGE ROBINS AT FIONITON. Hoxrrox, JULY 26, 1838,-1 attended the sale held by the G. R. (George Rex) of auctioneers, at the Golden Lion in this town this af. ternoon. Impressed as I was by the perusal of the florid advertisements issued by this celebrated professional character, I was not at all pre pared for the good-natu re d b onhommie, character, and appearance of the man, or for the shrewdness and merriment which appeared arnalga. matted in his PhYgiognomy—his exordium introducing the business of the day, namely, the sale of the manor and estate of Northcote, imme diately contiguous to this town, was marked with professional shrewd ness; free entirely from pomposity or the consciousness of prevailing supremacy as the lion of the day. His eloquence, like that of his ad vertisements, is winning and conclusive, rather from the dexterity with which he winds himself into the supposed predilections of his audience, than from any mastery of passion to forcibly direct their attention and rivet his fetters on their inclination. He made a most forcible and ap• propriate appeal to the electioneering feelings of this immaculate b'- rough, by embodying to their mental visions the prospect of a future Member iu :t PulT11; rto with a w,211 s' , ,•rc",l t i.e. ,tl - 4 , 11••• 1)::11, 4 , ~f his constituents, whin wanting to place out a hopeful youth, or to ad vance the fortunes of a half.witted inheritor of a fre..r and indepen dent vote.—Weelern Tht's. TO THE PEOPLE OF IRELAND. LONDON, Jun* 25, 1838, " Hereditary bondsmen, know ye not, Who would be free, themselves must strike the blow ?" Fettow COUNTRYMEN—It is above all things necessary that you should understand distinctly and precisely the present posture'of your affairs—whether you be Catholics or Protestants--whatever may be your religious or political opinions—whatever may be your convictions touching the nature of the measures most useful to Ireland or most agreeable to yourselves—it can do you nothing but good to understand with accuracy the present posture of your affairs. One preliminary observation, and only one. It is this—lf Irishmen were united in sentiment and in purpose we should be too strong to endure any misgovernment or oppression. In our divisions are to be found our weakness, and the strength of those who, either from fantasy or malignity are the opponents of the liberty and prosperity of Ireland. Now to our present position. The Seasion of 1837.8 is drawing to a close. One great measure touching Ireland has passed both Houses of Parliament, and is now verging fast into law. Before this letter reaches the remoter parts of cur country there will be a Poor-law upon the Irish statute book—a law which may be altered or modified, mitigated or aggravated in matters of detail, but which can NEVER, NEVER, be repealed. We have passed the rubicon—for us there is no retreat. Unwise men have called the measure an experiment. Oh ! excess of absurdity! to call that an experiment which can never have a termination! Be it for good, or be it for evil, we have a Poor.law. My own opinion is unaltered upon this subject ; or, if there be any change, my convic. Con is only stronger that it will work solely for evil, It purports to be a law for the relief of the destitute poor. My opinion is, that it is a law to make the destitute more miserable, and to increase the number of the poo r. At present the destitute in Ireland experience the kindly feeling that arises from and accompanies voluntary charity. Of course they are not well supplied with food; but the instances are rare—exceedingly rare— perhaps more rare than in any other country—of any human being an. Wally perishing for want of food. But, on the other hand, they enjoy the natural pleasures of the open air, the sound of the rushing waters. the gleams of sunshine in spots sheltered from the wind, the perfect freedom of motion, and the uncon trolled exercise and use of their faculties. They often want food; but man does not live upon bread nor on potatoes alone ; and all the other incidents ofhuman enjoyment are badly compensated for by the ladlefull of porridge doled out by the cheerless hand of the time-callous officer of a poor house. totTalblyetriersstt e ep f, t c h t e o e f e a ur P e o es or e -l f aw pr w tv i e l t l e n e ec h e a s r s i a ty ri . ly b T e he to en e i n y cu r m el b ie e f r, fe i r f not the Wp d r e i °f i s t m t i u yu t t e sss w aerx i i t lt h ye i rb n nea t l rehsetlpw ails of the poorhouse . B e y on d th e wa ll s of that prison, relief cann o t p oss ibl y b e g i ven. The Irish Poor-law ex st a ie r f a . ted ; W i t t h h e i n childrentl ose walls must the h e husb and kept apart anl( from the mother, and the hopelessness of any change at this side of the grave will impart a sentiment of despair to the wretched inmates of that dwelling. On the other hand, see how the condition of the occupiers of land in Ireland ii to be altered. I laugh to scorn the man who tells me that less than one million of pounds sterling Will be sufficient to pay the poor. rate of Ireland. Mark, what a burthen—it rises up to twice the amount of the ecclesiastical tithes. Suppose the tithes were abolished to morrow, the poor.rate will create a tax of double the amount of those tithes. But if the tithes are also to remain, as indeed I fear much of them will remain for some time longer, what, I ask, is to be the sad si tuation of the occupiers and resident landowners in Ireland ? he t h o l u f g a h n t ) h t e o y d y w % e v r e e r e: o t o b e p a r o p p p o r o s e p r t i o . td t a r b f l o e r t h u e s e b f u u r l t p h u e r n pe o s f t est i h t e h r e e s ,eveni is re man who would not shrink from such a monstrous proposition ? Yet, the same thing, in other words, is done by a Poor.law. The agricultural statistics of both countries show that the natural fertility of Ireland exceeds by much that of England. Yet, the agri. cultural produce of England, calculated by the acre, is nearly two to one greater than that of Ireland. WHY ? Because in England capital is laid out in the cultivation of the soil, whilst the absence of capital in Ireland actually renders our best soils, comparatively sterile, and prevents the bountiful disposition of nature from producing its proper results ; thus blighting the blessings of Providence, and converting that which ought to be a Paradise into a hungry and stingy wilderness. Now, what is to be one great effect of the Poor.law ? Is it not plainly to diminish the amount of the agricultural capital, already too small ? The wages which the farmer eould hitherto layout in labour must now be reserved for the rate-collector; and instead of employing labourers with his money, and obtaining the benefit arising from their labour, he must, in future, devote that money to the support of idlers in a work houses, and augment the number of applicants for relief in that very workhouse, by the amount of the labourers whom he will be thus corn- P4l T iedt e n to discharg e. ever was There any thing so foolish as to suppose that a Poor.law increases the property of any country—that it gives any thing to a country which it had not before—or augmeets in any respect the wealth of that country. A Poor-law, therefore, is not the production of new means, nor the augmentation of the old—it is merely a new distribu tion of the means that already exist; a distribution which takes away these means from the productive classes to place them at the disposal of the unproductive. Lord Melbourne is reported to have stated in the House of Lords, that the objection to the Poor.law for Ireland arose because it placed a new burthen upon the landlords of that country. I hope that he has beet' misreported—for this reason; that if the report be accurate it demonstrates his total ignorance cf the real working of the Poor-law. If it only laid the burthen upon the landlords, no man living would more readily assent to the laying on of such a burthen than I should. But it is because the burthen is really placed, not upon the landlords, to but t upon .l n every tlus occupiers—that casecupie trsi; occupierthat i th e s, is to res identspay one-halfh in t Ireland erate that out I of hisobjec own pocket, and without any retribution. Of the other half, the oc. copier pays in the ratio of his profits to the landlord's rent. Profits are not taxable at all in England ; the profit of the occupier in Ireland is to be taxed. Alas, my Countrymen ! Protestants and Catholics as you are, is it not most melancholy that we are governed by a Parliament where these distinctions are either unknown or disregarded? and where a contemptuous indifference to the local knowledge and arguments of the friends of Ireland is the prevailing sentiment? For my own part, "liberari animam meam." I have exerted every faculty to prevent this calamity; it has come upon my country in spite of me. I have sought the good of that country alone, without attention to the creed that any part of its inhabitants may profess. I have de fended the property of the Protestant proprietor as well as the income of the Catholic farmer, and I have treated with ineffable disregard the popularity which would have ensued from a false affectation of humanity, and a canting pretence of attention to the interests of the poor. One thing alone has greatly shocked me. It is the discovery that many of those who set themselves forward as the benevolent advocates of the poor, have been busily looking out for. situations and (dices under the Poor. law Bill. I hope lam not wrong m wishing that they may be disap. pointed. The first step in the Poor.law Act is the building of one hundred workhouses. In fact, the machinery for effecting the new Poor-law, will cost more than would maintain the destitute poor in Ireland, if Ire land were in a condition to maintain her poor in something like com fort ; and will a'sn cost much more than would be sufficient to promote the productiveness of her soil for the benefit of all her inhabitants. So much fir the Poor-law! Protestants of Ireland, let me now address one word to you. Six years ago I informed you in my published letters that you had but this alternative—either to repeal the Union, or to submit to alt the horrors and mischiefs of a Poor-law. You refused . to join me in the struggle to restore our domestic Legislature, and behold my prophesy is realised! Would that the experience of the past were to teach you the proper line of duty for the future—to make you forget your foolish feuds and unchristian bigotry. The people arc ready, not only to forgive, but to forget the past. Would to Heaven that I could now at length expect that you would rally with me for the political salvation of our common country. So much for the Poor.law. It was opposed at the third reading in the House of Commons by an overwhelming majority of the representa_ tives of the Irish nation—it was carried amidst a combination of Whig and Tory. Believe me that Ireland may upon many an occasion of mis. chief expect such combination. The history of the carrying of the Poor.law in the Houseof Lords ought to be put on perpetual record. Its fate was decided not in Parlia liruaetol ac simply nh 6.0 qualification, and the rating n truth, under ment, but at Apsley Honse, the residence of the Duke of W e lli ngton. i f it might enh ance th e amount of the Ile decid e d in its favour, not because has seof been ynmeaetded ritin t t h h t e en m g e h as t u h r e e Le its t e d l s f , , b a nd thereby diminish th e num b er of voters in Ireland. not by reason of anything connected with the destitute p oor of Ireland, but simply and singly as an instrument to annihilate the popular interest of T o o h d e o o fa b c t t e drespectingy,the Apsley Housedecision I have, f rom a source in the return of Members to the House of Commons. ec deceived, and who would not deceive. He differs from me much in po. lities, but were I at liberty to name him, his name would carry convic tion upon such a subject throughout Ireland. ,But it requires no authority to give it credibility. The conduct of Sir Robert Peel and of his party in the House of Commons is a practi cal proof which cannot err or deceive. Sir Robert, who has been always the busy and malignant enemy of Ireland (except when he was forced from his natural position against his conviction) has had the presump. tion—for I must call it by its right name—to assert that the rated value and the real value ol a tenement are one and the same. No man would venture to make such an assertion out of Parliament. Peel naturally hates us for the double triumph we have had over him—the triumph of 1629 and the triumph of 1835. Aud no greater misfortune could pos sibly happen to Ireland than his restoration to power. It was quite, of course, that he shooldbe the first to avail himsslf of the Poor-law Bin to poison the franchise at its source ; and by means of that Bill to exclude from Parliament the genuine Representative of Ireland. is lt perhaps one of the most melancholy reflections that can be m a d e, to think that this " Bill for the relief of the poor" should be in reality converted into a "a Bill for the suppression of the suffi - age," and that its object, which purported to be charitable and humane, should give place at once to purposes of political degradation and injustice. Yet so it is, and those who were anxious from humane motives (for there were many such (to obtain a legislative provision for the poor, will now see that they have only contributed to forge another chain to encumber the freedom of the Irish people. Having thus placed before you, my Countrymen, the Poor law Act in all its beatings, I proceed to detail with equal candour the other two measures which are before Parliament, purporting to be—and certainly intended by the Queen's Ministers to be—for the benefit of Ireland. With respect to the Municipal Reform Bill, it is perfectly clear that the Ministry intended it should be beneficial to Leland; because although it adopted the poor.rate as a criterion of value, yet the rating did not exceed 51. per annum ; a scale at which many houses of the real value of 101. per annum would be included. It was wrong to make the Irish Municipal Reform Bill different from that of England, and also different from that of Scotland. it was wrong to rna)..e our muni cipal franchise higher than that of either Scotland or England; but the e xaggeration of the franchise was not, according to the Ministerial plan, sa much greater than the English or Scotch as to prevent us getting a substantial Corporate Reform, if the Ministerial plan had been carried into full effect in the shape in which it passed the House of Commons. out it , fate was sealed the moment it reached the House of Lords. For three years that admirable specimen of hereditary wisdom had refused to give us reformed Cor porations. It proclaimed in the language of undisguised contempt an d unmitigated hatred, that the people of Ireland were unworthy of, or unfit for, Muni c ip a l I ns tit u tions. Sacred Heavens! when I think who and what THEY are who have dared thus to calumniate us—when I think who and what they are who are thus calumniated— my:y b i %ci s t t boils, tt . m l y s i l , t o e tl a l r d t a t I l l to r o o b t s t ! oo a n n s d i d i o f rthreevsepoigr revenge t o t o f b p e o a a c e d o d t i y d , n a o o t d v isi re taliationt a moral obligation, Yet their r o v o o p , e v n ed a nodonatNe, hostilityo tn w p e t d mish t bo easilym ig ht b o b t e n easily o. oeintdcuorneddo—c conduct r direct was en obviously contrary to comm on sense , an d common justice, that the m aathly of the wise an d good all over the world, but especially in aced us. Y es —their open hostility was to Eng land, d a curse; but it was mitig a t ed b y various c i rcumstances , and ren d e r e d en durable by cur just est i mate of the proMoters of, and panderers to, that hostility. us an afiliction and a a)n sympathy o ..__. . A new era has commenced, a new mete of acting has been adopted. We are no longer to be contemptuously refused Corporate Reform—we are simply to be steinUed out of it. The direct refusal was too plain and palpable an injustice. Toryism in its nature lives and prosper s b y de lusion; it is too odi ous to continue to avow itself pla i n l y an d openly, e ven against Ireland an d the Irish. A new era has com menced: we arc to be swindled ou t o f our rights. Lord Lyndhurst has undertaken the duty of mocking us with a pretended Reform. The condi,t of Sir Roberepael was, f trE nge to sa), mr .:Lkil more silviitlc p l a ubibie ti ad tli,d of Lord Lyndhurst ; it h ad th e merit, also, of the boldest effrontery. There is no instance, I believe, in modern times, of any states. man exhibiting so reekic.6s a disregard for mere matter of fact. Ms exxt. entire argument, his whole plan, was founded on tins monstrous asser tion, that the rated palile and the real value arc one and the same thing. This was his assertion. There is not one man, one woman, nor one child in broad England, who does not know the assertion was totally un. true; who does not know that the rated value and the real value, are by law, as well as in fact, essentially and widely different. altered a e L f o Lord false et IL,e basis positiond h Lyndhurst r o s i t ; , was which too a , cunningPcfranchise, iesl e ,haa and dn d placed ta c hc l r e e ead: himself.minded Peel's , a . a tHe man, le v , z n not accordinglyt over_ , see e r. board, as the absolute criterion for the franchise. Lord Lyndhurst's plan ADMITS that the rated value is less than the real, and accordingly, in the ten pound franchise which he seeks to establish, he gives credit for two of the items that naturally, and indeed necessarily, distinguish the rated from the real value; and by that means he brings the one nearer to the other than Peel's plan would do. The items which Lord Lyndhurst gives credit, in diminution cf the rated value, are—first, the amount of annual insurance; and, secondly, the amount of annual repairs. The great objection to these credits, is the very uncertain and varying nature of the sum to be allowed for each. Nothing, for example, can well be more liable to false and erroneous calculation, than the annual amount of the insurance; as the amount must depend upon a calculation of the sum that would be necessary to rebuild the house, in case it were consumed by fire. And it is probable that if one hundred surveyors were separately to make such calculation, no two of them would precisely agree. But the second item is still more uncertain, because it depends upon an estimate of the amount of annual repairs of the house; an estimate depending upon the good, bad, or in. different quality of the materials of which the house is composed—of the length of time the house is built, and the progress of decay—in short, a quantity which may almost as well be decided by throwing out dice, as calling in surveyors. [The conclusion of this important letter will be given in our next.] 1 IMPORTANT TITHE MEETING.—A requisition signed by Dr. M'Hale, and a large number of the magistracy and clergy of Mayo, has just been published, calling upon the High Sheriff to convene a county meeting, to petition for a total abolition of tithes. A niece of the celebrated Sir Andrew Agnew has taken the veil in a convent in Cork last week, having been converted to Catholicism. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. LANCASTER RACES.-IVEDNESDAr. Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, with 20 added from the Fund ; for two years old; colts, Sst, 51b; fillies, Bst. 21b. A winner once to carry 3lbs., twice, 3lbs extra. If walked over, the added money will be withdrawn. T. Y.C. No race. A Gold Cup or Piece of Plate, by Subscription of 10 sovs. each, p.p., with 50 sovs. - added ; three yrs old, ist ; four yrs, Bst. slb ; five yrs, Bst. 121 b ; six yrs and aged, 9st. 21b. Mares and geldings allowed 31bs. A winner of a not handicapped Cup or Queen's Plate in 1838, slbs ; of two, "jibs. extra. TWO miles and a distance. Lord Eglinton's St. Martin, 3 yrs Mr. Barrow's Catharina, aged 2tol on St. Martin. Won easy. Maiden Plate of 501., the gift of his Grace the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, for horses that never won 501. at one time ; three yrs old, 6st. 101 b ; four yrs, I.3st ; five yrs, Bst. 71b ; s i x y rs an d aged, Bst. 111 b. M ares and geldings allowed 31bs. Two mile heats. Mr. King's Vernal, 3 yrs Thompson 1 2 1 Mr. Arrowsmith's Orcus, 3 yrs Mr. Clifford's Lady Blessington, 5 yrs 3 3 dr General Sharpe's Baronet, 3 yrs 4 dr A well contested race. —Oates DUDLEY, TIPTON, AND WEST BROMWICH BA CE S.-TVEDNESDAY. The Dudley Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 30 added, heats, two miles (7 Subs. ), were won in two heats by Mr. Speed's gr. g. Isaac, aged (Darling), beating Mr. Foley na. b. g. St. Peter, aged. The Horsley Stakes of 5 sovs. each, with 10 added, mile and a half (4 Subscribers), were won by Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Bilboa, beating Mr. Moss's bl. c. Ascanius, and Captain Lamb's Warwick shire Lad. The Worcestershire Stakes, of 5 sors. each, with 25 added, heats, two miles (5 Subscribers), were won in two heats by Mr. Foley na. b. s. Frailty, beating Mr. Williams's b. c. Goshawk, by Falcon. TUESDAY. The Tradesmen's Purse of 50 sovs., added to a Handicap of 10 sovs. each, two miles and a half (5 Subs.), was won by Mr. Speed's gr. g. Isaac, aged (Darling), beating Mr. Tempest's br. c. Jim Crow, 4 yrs, and Mr. Collett's br. c. Conservative, 4 yrs. The Ashwood Hurdle Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with a Silver Cup added by E. Dixon, Esq., jun., twice round, were won in two heats by Mr. Williams's b. c. Goshawk, heating Mr. T. H. Pem berton's b. g. Ashwood, 5 yrs, and Mr. H. P. Parker's b. m. Miss Ferguson, aged. GOODWOOD CUP. We have been favoured . with a view of the Goodwood Race Cup, designed and executed under the care of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer. It is a close copy of the Adrian Vase, and in every respect worthy of the original, both in taste and delicacy. The bowl is of solid silver, with four doves resting on the edges and sipping from the bowl. It is of burnished silver, while the birds are richly chased in dead silver. The brilliancy of one material contrasts with the paleness of the other. The base is of lapis lazuli, bearing on each side inscriptions to the following effect : " Goodwood Races, 1838," is inscribed in raised letters of silver on one side , and " Given by Lord Suffield," in the same material o❑ the other. We could have Wished that the vase had been made of a lighter and more tasteful form. It is formal and heavy, and in our opinion too cumbrous for the superstructure of the bowl. This is the only fault which can be found, for the general design is elegant and graceful, and the execution as perfect as every thing which comes from the classic workshop of Messrs. Storr and Mortimer.—Morning Post. THE rvIARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. The supplies today were very abundant, and trade was good; prices reasonable. Asparagus, per bundle ss. to 6s. ; Celery, per bundle Is. to Is. 6d; Onions, per sieve Is. 6d. to 25.; Carrots, per dozen ss. to ss. 6(1.; Turnips, per bunch 2.d. to 3d. ; Apples, per bushel ss. to 6s. 6d. ; Cherries, Id. to 3d. per lb.; Cucumbers, per dozen 4s. to ss. ; Cab bages, 6d. to 9cl. per dozen; Spinach, per sieve ls. 6d. ; Gooseberries, per ditto 2s. 6d, to 3s. ; Peas, per sack Os. to Bs.; French Beans, 9d. to Is. per 100; New Potatoes, Id. to 3d. per lb. NEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL. hfcat of all kinds was in good supply, but trade was languid, and prices rather lower. Beef 2.5. 4d. to 3s. 6d.; Mutton 2s. 6d. to 3s. Sd.; Veal 3s. Sd to 4s. Sd.; Pork 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. ; Irish 3s. is 3s. 6d. ; Lamb 4s. Gd. to Ps. Gd. Poultry in large supply, trade heavy, and prices lower. The following were the prices for each, and not per pair :- Ducklings Is. 9d. to 2s. 6d.; Pigeons 6d. to 10d.; Geese 4s. 6d. to 6s. 6d.; Rabbits od. to Is. ed.; Turkeys 55.; Leverets 4s. to 55.; Chickens Is. 6d. to 2s. Gd. A short supply of Eggs, and prices unal tered, 4s. 6d. to 6s. per 120. BILLINGSGATE ➢fARKET. Good Fish to-day were not plentiful, and prices rather high. Tur bot, ss. to 2 s . ; Soles, 9d. to 2s. 6d. per pair; Lobsters, is. to 3s. each ; Salmon, 10d. to Is. 3d, per lb ; Whiting, 2d. to 4d.; Haddock, 3d. to 6d. each. HUNGERFORD MARKET. Every thing to-clay in good supply and a brisk business. Butchers' Meat—Beef, 7d. to 81d. Mutton, 7d. to 81-d. Veal, Bd. to 9d. Pork, 74d. to 81d. per lb. ; Fish, not so plentiful. Turbot, ss. to 18s. Soles, Is. to 2s. 6J. per pair for good. Lobsters, Is. to 3s. Salmon, 10d. to Is. 3d. per lb. A good supply of Vegetables and prices same as the retail quotations of Covent Garden. Hay and Clover firm in price and steady in demand. OIL MARKET. This department continues quiet. At public sale yesterday evening 203 tons of Southern sold at from 22/. 10s. to :271. for ordinary and dark to fine quality, which are previous prices. Linseed Oil, 265. per cwt. Brown and Pale Rape, 365. per cwt.: TALLOW hfAKKET. P.Y.C. to-day 465. 6d. on the s?ot, and 455. 9d. to arrive. HAY MAKKETS. Supplies good, and the demandbrisk. Old Meadow Hay 100 s. to 120 s. New, 60s. to 100 s; Old Clover 115 s. to 1265; New 70s. to 117 s. per load ; Rt.raw, 425. to 503. per load. BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MARKET DURING THE WEEK. A fair extent of business has boen done, as our daily reports have shown. Raw Sugar has not varied in value from the prices of last week. Coffee has:advanced 2s. and 3s. per cw•t. for all sorts that come into consumption. Tea has sold at small profits on sale prices. Rum has been firm. Cocoa has advanced 2s. Rice has been firm, and so have Spices. Indigo continues at sale prices. The imports, on the whole, are heavy ; exports rather light, and delivcrin extensive. SCA PE OF THREE PRISONERS FROM THE T OWER..Yesterday morning there was much excitement in the Tower of London among the military and the civilians, in consequence of a report that three of the Rifle Brigade, a sergeant, a corporal, and a private, had made their escape from confinement. Two prisoners, the pay -sergeant and the corporal, deserted from the regiment a few weeks ago, taking with them 1501., with which they had been intrusted to pay the men. A strict search was made after them, and on Saturday last they were apprehended on board an outward-bound American packet ship and brought to London. They were confined in the usual place, the guard-house or prism., commonly known as the Spur-guard, near the outer barrier, on the City side of the Tower. The front of the guard-house is on the left of the entrance from Tower-hill, opposite the new Army Ticket-office, and the back of it abuts on the Tower ditch. There were in all five persons in confinement on Thurs day evening, two of them for sight breaches of military discipline. There is a small aperture In the back of the apartment where the men were imprisoned, for the admission of light and air, which was se. cured by strong iron bars. About fourteen feet below this hole is the Tower moat or ditch, and escape from this place was deemed impossible, At eleven o'clock on Thursday night the prisoners were visited by the serjeant on duty and locked up. At daylight yesterday morning, when the guard went to look after them to see if all was safe, it was discovered that three of them were missing: the others were on their straw pallets, apparently fast asleep, and on being aroused they expressed their ignorance of the flight of their companions, and declared they were not frivy to their escape. On inspecting the place, it was disco vered that the iron gratings had been removed from the aperture, which is only just large enough for the body of a man to pass through. There was sufficient evidence, by the marks on the wall, that the three Rifle. men had escaped this way, but how they escaped falling into the moat beneath appears very astonishing to those who visited the place. 'There is a ledge not more than seven inches in width, running the whole length of the wall, about six feet from the water's edge, but ex tremely difficult for any one to retain his footing upon it, and it is supposed the three men continued their course along it until they reached the wall enclosing the ditch, which they could ascend with out much difficulty, and reach the glacis or ornamental sloping bank, enclosed by iron railings. By climbing over these railings they were enabled to reach Tower-hill, and get clear off: The prisoners were to have been tried yesterday, at noon, by a General Court-martial, which would, no doubt, have terminated in all of them being found guilty, and two, the sergeant and corporal, being transported for life, as their offences were of a most serious description. Parties of the Rifle corps were sent off in all directions after the fugitives when their flight was discovered. An investigation is to take place into the conduct of the sergeant of the guard in charge of the prisoners, whose duty it was to visit the cell where they were confined every two hours. The prisoner Henry Warner, convicted of a capital offence at the last assizes for the county of Hertford, has received a general respite. The execution was to have taken place on Wednesday last. A respite was sent last Saturday. THE FIRE AT DEPTFORD.--The account which appeared in most of the Morning Papers yesterday, describing the ca lamitous fire at the premises of Mr. Gordon, of Deptford, states—" It is understood that the principal part of the property is insured in the guardian Fit c.office, to the amount of 24,0001." Whatever the under standing, which is only another name for the rumour, might have been, the fact is here most grossly exagemited. We have reason to believe that the loss to the Guardian Fire.office consequent upen this cc eurrenee will not exec, 1.500/.—Morning Herald. I Qgc,j;,-/j r !Thl t : that from tDC Spanish Embassy has been sent to Madrid with despatches for Count Ofalia, informing him that the proposals for a loan have met with a refusal, IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. ROUSE OF COMMONS. .Itir,r 27. The SPEAKER took the Chair a few minutes before Four. Mr. Ptu.statv, the Deputy Usher of the Black Rod, haring advanced to the table, requested the attendance of this House in the House of Lords, to hear the Royal Assent given to several Bills (for which see Lords' Report.) On the motion of Mr. FIELDEN, the Lords' Amendments to the Oldham Gas Bill were agreed to. Captain ALSAGER presented a petition from the borough of Mary. lebone, against any further grant to the College of Maynooth ; and a petition agreed to at the meeting at Exeter Hall, in favour of the Church in Canada. Captain BRYANT presented two petitions from the county of Kit. kenny, in favour of the abolition of tithes. COMBINATION LAW. Mr. WALLACE presented a petition from the operatives of Kelso, relative to the provisions of the Combination Act, and moved that the petition be printed with the votes, as it was his intention to call the no. flee of the Home to the subject on Monday next. The Hon. Member said that the petitioners stated that one of their number had been in'. prisoner!, at the instance of his employer, for leaving his work, which the petitioners allege is 9 punishment far too severe for such an offence, and prayed that this part of the Act should be modified or repealed. Captain DUNBAR presented petitions from several Wesleyan Con. gregations in Somersetshire against idolatrous worship in India. Petitions to the same &Feet were presented by Mr. Hope; Mr. Gaily Knight, from Buckinghamshire; by Captain Polhill, from places in Bedfordshire; by Mr. Marshall, from Carlisle, against idolatrous pageant and Roman Catholic worship ; and by Captain Wood, from the Dissen. ters of Great queen -street Chapel, to the same effect. Captain ALSAGER gave notice that in the Camberwell Church Building Amendment Act he should move a clause giving to the Bishop the power of determining whether one-third of the sittings should be free. BANK OF IRELAND. On the motion that the Order of the Day for the House resolving ,self into a Committee of Supply be read, Mr. HUME rose to bring on the motion of which he had given notice as follows :—" That the exclusive privi leecs now enjoyed by the Bank of Ireland are injurious to the best interests' of that country, and it is therefore most expedient and just to place, as soon as possible, the Banks of Ireland on a looting of equality." He wished to know why Ireland, which so much wanted the benefit of capital, should be continued under such a system of monopoly any longer. He considered that they were now in a situation to throw out of view what had been the evils of Joint-stock Banks, or of the Bank of Ireland. They were now in a situation to call upon the Government to say why the system of banking in Ireland should not now be put on the same footing as the banks in Scotland. He would call for the same justice to this country,only that he knew that the Bank of England had their monopoly for a certain time; but in the case of the Bank of Ireland, the case was dif ferent ; for their charter of exclusiveness was now at an end, and there could be no reason for continuing so injurious a monopoly. Why was the capital of the Bank of Ireland, amounting to two mil lions and a half, lent to the Government at an interest of 4 per cent.? And he wished to know whether the Right Hon. Gentleman had con. firmed the former rate of interest, or whether since January any new arrangement had been made ? Seeing the Right Hon. Gentleman might have borrowed the money at 3 per cent., if he was paying 4 or 4} per cent., it was evident that was to the great injury of the public. He did not know any reason why the Bank of Ireland should not be placed on the same footing as every Bank in Scotland.—(Hear.) He (Mr. Hume) wished the Government to declare their intentions as to the future state of banking in Ireland; and he now begged to move his resolution. Sir J. RAE REID, in seconding the resolution, said he hoped the Government, if they had it in contemplation to renew the Charter of the Bank of Ireland,would recollect the circumstances under which that Char. ter had originally been granted. It was subsequently to the Legislature of Ireland being independent of England; and in consequence it was consi. tiered necessary that Ireland should, as England had, have a National Bank. But since the Act of Union had passed, what necessity could be imagined for two National Banks? In regard to the delay of the Joint Stock Banks Committee Report, at the commencement of the Session, he (Sir J. R. Reid) had been informed that ass Honourable Mem. ber had done him the honour to propose him as a Mem. ber of that Committee ; and now the excuse for not doing so was, that all the evidence had been received, and that nothing further but the report was to be done yet ; now (some months subsequent) no report had been received. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said both the mover and the seconder of the amendment had fallen into error in supposing that in moving the Committee the object was to consider the evidence and frame a report. On the contrary, Ire (the Chancellor of the Ex. chequer) had stated that there were three distinct questions to which evidence was to be taken : —the Establishment of Branch Banks of England throughout England; the issues, by cer tain of these Joint Stock Banks of bank paper in substitution for their own; and, thirdly, the subject of the Bank of Ireland.--(Hear.) The proceedings in the Committee had been strictly in accordance with the statements he then made. It had not inquired into matters which were the subject of investigation on previous occasions, and there was therefore no inconsistency in the course taken by the Com mittee, and the declaration which he had made. He should decline now entering into an argument on thecase,because he couldehow to the House a sufficient reason for reserving that subject for future cnnsideration. Nothing could be more indiscreet on his part than to go into a prema ture discussion as to whether he agreed with or dissented from the proposition of the Hon. Member, because it might prejudice the ques tion to do so before the evidence which had been taken was in the hands of Members. But the House and the Hon. Gentleman had a right to see that the public interests were not affected or forestalled out of doors. The Report, which had been brought up, adverted to this subject, and recommended that a Bill in continuation of that of last Session should be brought in, in such a manner as to give the Housean unfettered dis cretion in the next Session to deal with the question as it should think tit.—(Hear.)—This was doing all that could be required in the present posture of affairs. Without going into the general pro. position, he wished to say one word on a suggestion made by the Hon. Member for Kilkenny. He not, only had thrown out a supposition, the practicability of which he did not doubt, that ass unres. tricted freedom of competition in banking would be advantageous to the interests of Ireland, but he had thrown out a much larger proposition, that if it were trot fur the privileges of the Bank of England a free competition of the banks of issue in this country was a matter which he contemplated as advantageous. This was a suggestion to which he should cuter his dissent, reserving it as a matter for future consideration.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) There was another matter on which he also wished to make an observation. Undoubtedly there was on the amount of advances made by the Bank of Ireland, an amount of interest beyond the market rate of interest; but on the other hand the Bank of Ireland acted differently by the public from the Bank of England, which charged 340/. per million on the management of the public debt, whilst the Bank of Ireland transacted this without any charge whatever. He would not go into the question further than to assure the Honourable Member, that if he looked minutely into this matter, which must be done next year at any rate, he would find that so great a saving as he anticipated would not be effected. He (the Chancellor of the Exchequer) was as anxious as any man to save 30,000/. or 40,0001., but he was afraid that could not be done. He, however, thought the arrangement that had been made such as deserved reconsideration. The Honourable Member had observed upon the effect of Joint Stock Banks, and had said that the enquiry that had been entered into with re apect to them, and the publication of the evidence, had been adopted by Use Government in a feeling of hostility towards them. Now, in answer to that lie begged to say, that lie had been actuated by no such feeling.---(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Member had also said that the publication of the evidence had left those Banks in a state of feverish excitement. In that statement he could not agree with him, as it was his belief that the publication of the evidence had been attended with the best effect, es it had given to the Eanks, many of whom were in their infancy, ttse benefit of the example and experience of the older banks. The northern and central, and some of the other banks, were in no way connected with this subject ; and if they were, when he considered the pressure under which the public laboured, and the small number of failures that had taken place, he felt convinced that the principle of Joint Stock Banks was good, and would prove beneficial to the country. Under these circumstances he trusted the explanation he had given would be satisfactory, reserving to himself the right of making any observations in the next Session that he might think fit. Mr. WARBURTON, after the intimation just given by the Right I-lon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as also the statements made on a former occasion, that in next Session of Parliament not only the affairs of the Bank of Ireland, but also the principles by which the affairs of the Bank of England were regulated, would be submitted to a Committee, and there undergo examination and discussion, thought it would be most advisable if his Honourable Friend would not persevere in his motion.— ( flcar, hear, hear.) Some of those prin ciples by which Banking Companies were regulated, particularly with respect to unrestricted circulation, had been the subject of discussion with men who were best informed upon the subject ; and it being now decided that a Committee would sit for the purpose of deciding upon these and other points next Session, he trusted his Hon. Friend would withdraw the motion. CONFERENCE WITH THE LORDS. Messengers from the Lords here appeared at the table of the House requesting a Conference with the House of Commons, on the amend. ments made in the Poor Relief (Ireland) Bill. The question having been put and agreed to; Lord J. Russell, Sir James Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Granville So. merset, Sir George Grey, and others, were appointed to manage the Con. ference on the part of the Ilouse of Commons. Lord JOHN RUSSELL, and other Managers of the Conference, re. turned after a quarter of an hour's absence, and reported that they had had a Conference with the Lords, managed by the Earl of Shaftesbury. Their Lordships did not insist upon certain of their amendments, and insisted upon certain others, their reasons for which they had delivered to them. Lord J. RUSSELL proposed that the House should agree to the amendments made by the Lords. If they were found inconvenient hereafter a Bill could be brought in to alter them. Mr. O'CONNELL said that one of the reasons given by the Lords for an amendment was the most extraordinary he had ever heard, because it was not consistent with the fact.—(" Hear, hear," and a laugh.) The amendments were then agreed to. BANK OF IRELAND. The debate was then resumed. Dlr. O'CONNELL protested against being considered as bound by, or acquiescing in, what the Chancellor of the Exchequer had said, that the evidence was closed with respect to the Bank of Ireland. That was not the case, for there were even now persons in town waiting to be examined. He would not advance any opinion on the evidence as it was not closed ; but it appeared that on a loan of two millions, cue half was at five per cent., and the other at four, giving an average of 4} l -, when money could be had at $A ; so that IA had been lost for an immense number of years. He trusted the lion. Member would withdraw his motion. Mr. HUME having withdrawn it, The SPEAKER put the question, that the House resolve itself into a Committee of Supply. DANISH CLAIMS. Mr. WARBURTON enquired whether the Commissioners to whom was referred the second class of Danish claims, for goods on shore, had yet reported to the Lords of the Treasury. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. said they had made a preliminary report, but not a final enc. RUSSIA AND PERSIA. Sir S. CANNING wish to make a further enquiry on a subjectto Ivhie b he had called the attention cf the President of the Board of Control. The Noble Lord at the head of the Foreign Department would be able to answer the question as satisfactorily as his colleague. It was well known- The SPEAKER said that the Hon. Member must confine himself t the question he intended to put. Sir S. CANNING said that he had already attended three different times in that House in order to put the question, and unless he was allowed to make a few observations in explanation, he was afraid he should d intimate be obliged cig,Ares t .pportitnity. There had lon g b een a between Persia and Russia, and that co nnec ti on ouil ‘ i n e , l ec to tio lose i appeared to have taken a elo,er character of late. It had lone been matter of supposition that, at the conclusion of the last peace between Persia and Russia, secret articles were signed of a ch aracter —(Cries of Question, question.") He was not to be deterred from doing that which he considered to be his duty, unless he had the directicti of the - Ch a ir that he was irregular. He believed he was ex erc i s i ng his right prope rly on the question of g oin g into a Comm ittee of Supply, and he would sit clown till he had heard the opinion of the Chair. Thc SPEAR-ER said that when an Hon. Member rose professing to a ,k a question, he expected that he would fulfil that profession, and not enter into reasons, because if that were done, it would be extreme] difficult to say when public business would begin. In his opinion the y igsihrt c on A ou N r s al l d s e G Baronet sai d it svhao,uhldi his t i c d n y t htothreurtulaesqouefitthieonHotuustei..-: I